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Funding / AI for Conservation | Community Base + 3
With $60,000, $30,000, and $10,000 grants available for 14 outstanding projects, the support of engineering and technology talent from Arm (the leading semiconductor design company), and access to the world’s biggest...
1 December 2023
Article / Community Base | Emerging Tech
OUT NOW: Our three-year trends report delivers the first global assessment tracking evolving perceptions and engagement in the tech for biodiversity and conservation space. Here are five things we found.
15 November 2023
Article / Community Base
WILDLABS just released our three-year trends report sharing insights into how perceptions and engagement with technology for biodiversity and conservation are evolving. Take the 2023 survey and share it widely to help...
15 November 2023
Discussion / Community Base
Welcome to WILDLABS!
Stephanie O'Donnell
Hello and welcome to the WILDLABS community! With 6,000 members and counting, we want to get to know you a little better. In a couple of...
29 October 2015
Event / Community Base | AI for Conservation + 4
Catch up with The Variety Hour: November 2023
Stephanie O'Donnell
Join us this month to hear about a new toolkit from Save the Elephants, a tool to help you to host, visualize, and share massive orthomosaics and 3D models, Earth Species Projects' work to apply ML to biologging data,...
16 November 2023
Conversations & Questions
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Community Member
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The WILDLABS community forums are a fountain of knowledge. By joining discussions, we can understand what the real problems are, collaborate with people with the right expertise to solve those problems, and work together to craft real solutions. We hope you'll join the conversation!
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| Hello everyone. I'm part of a team working on a low-cost, deep-sea camera (BRUVS) project and we're currently facing challenges with our... |
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Camera Traps | 45 seconds ago | |
| camtrapR has a function that does what you want. i have not used it myself but it seems straightforward to use and it can run across directories of images:https://jniedballa.... |
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Camera Traps, Data management and processing tools, Open Source Solutions, Software and Mobile Apps | 5 hours 41 minutes ago | |
| @Lars_Holst_Hansen so sorry to have missed your reply! Thanks so much, I am going to check the links. |
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Acoustics, Biologging, Remote Sensing & GIS | 8 hours 3 minutes ago | |
| And here's how I would explain it to the government officials in a power point. I'm making the point that the wolves have been shooed away. |
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AI for Conservation | 8 hours 57 minutes ago | |
| Dear community,For my MEng thesis at Imperial College London, I am building deep learning model that automatically postprocesses shark... |
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Marine Conservation | 1 day 15 hours ago | |
| Hi Theresa. In comparison to traditional survey, I think that the time/cost benefits of acoustics are good. Certainly the set-up, maintenance, and data management... |
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Acoustics | 1 day 16 hours ago | |
| Thank you Thomas, you are absolutely right but when I Mailed them, I didn't get a response about the price , shipment and so on! Thus I arrived to find some loggers in India... |
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Biologging | 3 days 1 hour ago | |
| You might be interested in reaching out to the team at National Audubon Society's Migratory Bird Initiative. They just released the Bird Migration Explorer a year ago and likely... |
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Biologging, Remote Sensing & GIS | 3 days 13 hours ago | |
| Hi All,I understand Okala are doing a lot of work with ML and cameratraps, you could try and contact them. |
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AI for Conservation, Camera Traps | 3 days 18 hours ago | |
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Software and Mobile Apps | 4 days 6 hours ago | |
| Hi Ninying,One benefit of the Pinpoint tags is that they are user-rechargeable, something pretty much unheard of for satellite tags for decades! If you can recover the tags... |
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Biologging | 4 days 7 hours ago | |
| One thing to keep in mind is that researchers often want or at least would like to get certain metadata on the tagged animals like sex, size, weight, apperent fitness etc. Without... |
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Emerging Tech, Footprint Identification Technique (FIT), Sensors | 4 days 8 hours ago |
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WILDLABS Project Officer
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Roger Williams University
Computer scientist and mathematician working on a smarter wildlife trade intelligence platform.
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University of Zurich
Behavioural ecologist working on integrating animal behaviour into conservation solutions
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Project manager for FishID
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BearID Project
Conservation biologist using camera traps to develop automated methods of photoID
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- @sandrzejaczek
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Movement ecologist working at Hopkins Marine Station. Specialise on large, predatory fishes (particularly sharks and rays).
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Researcher and writer
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Aamer Mihaysi
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Deeply intrigued by AI, I navigate its limitless potential with a commitment to making a positive impact.
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I am an ecologist and passionate about the Mallee environment of north-west Victoria, Australia and the restoration of landscapes. I am the founder of Mallee Conservation and steward of a 490ha conservation property.
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My main research interests are passive acoustic monitoring and automated detection. I am the SE Asia Team Lead at the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics.
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WILDLABS Editor
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Your experiences and knowledge are important to the future of conservation tech - so share your story! Post a new article, event or opportunity and help create a living hub for conservation technology that everyone can use.
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Pomp!! Color! glamour and jubilation filled the first ever wildlife scientific conference dubbed “Use of Wildlife Science for enhanced Biodiversity Conservation and improved Livelihoods” that took place at the Lake...
1 December 2023
Article
Taking on the conservation Strides
Rose Abae
In a threatening world full of challenges to both humans and non-humans in existence, soliciting for diverse sustainable solutions to promote coexistence is vital and the answer lies in the advancement and adoption of...
1 December 2023
Article
Conservation of Kikuyu Escarpment Forest
Consolata Gathoni Gitau
With the support of Women in Conservation Technology (Kenya) and Arm, I had a chance to work with Kijabe Environment Volunteers in Kikuyu Escarpment Forest. This was an opportunity to channel my passion for the...
1 December 2023
Careers
Two-year postdoc in AI and remote sensing for citizen-science pollinator monitoring
4 December 2023
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WILDLABS Awards 2024: Further Information
1 December 2023
Adrien_Pajot
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WILDLABS Awards 2024: Supporting accessible, affordable, and effective innovation for nature
1 December 2023
Adrien_Pajot
Careers
PhD Position- Nottingham Trent University UK
1 December 2023
Gathoni
Article
Into the Underwater Savanna: BRUV Surveys In Seagrass Beds
30 November 2023
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Esther Githinji
East Africa Coordinator
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Connecting with people who understand the technology, species, and habitats you’re working with is so important to building your conservation tech network. Whether you’re looking for expert advice or just want to chat about your experiences, our Groups will help you find your corner of the WILDLABS community.
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- Mozilla Foundation, funding for nature conservation
Many people know of the Mozilla Foundation because of the FireFox browser and other open source software they produce together with countless volunteers. Perhaps less well known, the Mozilla Foundation also runs a funding program, which I believe may be an potential source of support for certain nature conservation projects.
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Using baited remote underwater videos (BRUVs) to survey seagrass habitats along Kenya’s North Coast
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- ICOTEQ launch TAGRANGER® system of products
TagRanger® is a state-of-the-art wildlife finding, monitoring and tracking solution for research, conservation and environmental professionals. With superior configurability for logging data, reporting location and engaging in GPS-beating ranging technology, TagRanger® will direct you to the exact Tag location with a precision that gets you within touching distance (‘Finding’).
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Please join us in celebrating this year’s top #Tech4Wildlife Photo Challenge Honorees as chosen by our panel of leading conservation organization judges, and enjoy the story contained within these entries about how our global community is using conservation tech, and where their bold and innovative ideas will take our field next.
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- PiCAM: A Raspberry Pi-based open-source, low-power camera system for monitoring plant phenology in Arctic environments
Dedi Yang and co athors publiched a paper on a Raspberry Pi-based open-source, low-power camera system
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Our team works to make WILDLABS’ events engaging, fun, and informative. From Tech Tutors to Virtual Meetups to Community Calls, our events will help you learn, connect, and explore new conservation tech ideas.
The Variety Hour
October
You’re invited to the WILDLABS Variety Hour, our monthly community event connecting you to the exciting projects, research, and ideas that are happening in conservation tech right now.
The WILDLABS Variety Hour isn’t a show, or a lecture, or a workshop. It's an engaging, fun, and interactive gathering, giving you a welcoming space to share your own projects and resources, ask and answer questions, have insightful conversations, meet collaborators, make friends, and get to know the conservation tech community in a new way.
Want to catch the next show, or check out any you've missed? Check out the 2023 lineup here!
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WILDLABS Collections will help you dive deeper into the conservation tech topics that matter most to you, and find favorite resources from other community members. Start exploring our collections below!
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EarthRanger: All you need to know!
Netty Cheruto
3 August 2022
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Rob Appleby
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